What is the difference between Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow and Flat Flesh?

ΔE 20 (loose). Flat Flesh is much more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow vs Flat Flesh

Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-39
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b49154 (estimate)

Flat Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.955
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #da8c4d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 20.3, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Flat Flesh is much more saturated, warmer than Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow.

Can I use Flat Flesh instead of Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 20). Flat Flesh is much more saturated, warmer than Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow.

Can I use Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow instead of Flat Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow is much more muted, cooler.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow on the colour wheel See Flat Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow

Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flat Flesh
Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Flat Flesh
Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow vs Barbarian Skin (72.071)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Flat Flesh

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Flat Flesh

Flat Flesh vs Flesh (C-51)Mr. Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow
Flat Flesh vs Flesh (H-44)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow
Flat Flesh vs Flesh (N-44)Acrysion · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow

All matches: Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow equivalents · Flat Flesh equivalents